Forget the Fujifilm X100VI – why the leaked GFX100RF is the most exciting camera of 2025

• Fujifilm rumors predict a 100MP medium format compact camera for 2025
• Leica rival could be called the GFX100RF and be the size of an X-Pro 3
• GFX sensors are about 70% bigger than full-frame rivals

The Fujifilm X100VI has been the undoubted camera hit of the year, but new rumors suggest the company could be cooking up something more audacious for 2025 – a 100MP medium format, fixed-lens compact camera.

In recent days, the reliable Fuji Rumors has posted a succession of leaks from “trusted sources” about a new Fujifilm GFX100RF camera. What’s got photography fans chattering is that the rumors predict it’ll combine a 100MP GFX sensor (that’s around 70% bigger than full-frame) with a body that’s “about the size of an X-Pro 3”.

That would be a big deal. The X-Pro 3 is similar in size to the X100VI, a camera that’s been sold out for much of the year thanks to its retro, film camera looks and smartphone-beating APS-C sensor. So the recipe for the GFX100RF appears to be a rangefinder-style compact camera with a huge sensor and a fixed GF35mm f/4 lens.

On paper, that’s a combination that could see Fujifilm’s new camera emerge as an alternative to ultra-premium compacts like the beautiful-but-bankrupting Leica Q3. That GF35mm f/4 lens would be about 28mm f/3.2 in full-frame terms, a versatile focal length for environmental portraits, travel and landscapes. By comparison, the X100VI’s lens is like a 35mm f/2.8 on full-frame.

A couple of the spec rumors suggest the GFX100RF is going to be a far more specialist camera than the X100VI. There will apparently be no in-body image stabilization (IBIS), which would place some demands on its owner’s handheld technique in lower light. That 100MP sensor would also create enormous files –our Fujifilm GFX100S II review found full-resolution files were around 200MB each.

But these rumors also suggest that Fujifilm wants the GFX100RF to hit new price lows for a medium format…